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Definition of Athletic game
1. Noun. A game involving athletic activity.
Specialized synonyms: Hockey, Hockey Game, Ice Hockey, Tetherball, Water Polo, Outdoor Game, Court Game
Terms within: Maneuver, Manoeuvre, Play, Regulation Time, Extra Time, Overtime, Period Of Play, Play, Playing Period, Time-out
Lexicographical Neighbors of Athletic Game
Literary usage of Athletic game
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The High School Boy and His Problems by Thomas Arkle Clark (1920)
"The youngest, old man that I know, in some ways a boy still at eighty, has played
every day for many years, and is still playing, a vigorous athletic game. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The principal athletic game everywhere east of the Missouri, as well as with some
tribes of the Pacific coast, was the ball- play, adopted by the French of ..."
3. Athletic Games in the Education of Women by Gertrude Dudley, Frances Kellor (1909)
"This is the most popular athletic game for girls. Nearly every school and
institution having any facilities now has this game, and there are also many ..."
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